River Jordan, host of Clearstory Radio 107.1 FM in Nashville, TN, and critically-acclaimed author and speaker, touted Hook Books on her show this morning. Hear what she had to say about our journals: Clearstory snippet, 1-14-2011 – Gifts for writers Clearstory regularly features national authors, literary news, and tips for the writing life, and airs […]

For those of you who’ve enjoyed our Hook Book Journals, good news! We are currently working on a yearbook in the same vein. The prompts are all new material (they always are; we do our best never to repeat) and will be spiral bound and ready for 52 weeks of your best writing. The new […]

Yeah, we know. The blog is looking lonely. That’s because we’ve just started on the blog feature and are looking now for new content to bring you on a couple-of-times-a-week basis. We’ll review competitor’s books, bring you literary news and opinion, feature guests once in a while, and let you be the first to hear […]

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